Can one Canadian team really be "Canada's team"? Interesting SCF facts

Are the Ottawa Senators really "Canada's team" as CBC tries to spin them to be? Were the Flames and Oilers also "Canada's team" back in 2004 and 2006? Can fans across the country really cheer for another team that isn't their own; sometimes their team's bitter rival; just because they are Canadian based? Yes and no. I honestly half-heartedly cheered for the Flames back in 2004 since my Oilers missed the playoffs that season, but come 2006 when the Oilers were back in the playoffs and going to game 7 of the SCF, not too many of those Flames fans returned the Oilers fans favor. Fuck you Calgary. Not that I expected much from Flames fans anyways.
Now it's the Ottawa Senators turn. I doubt any Leafs fans are cheering for the Senators; but if it was the Leafs in the final, I doubt ANY of the other Canadian teams fans would be cheering for the Leafs. As much as the Leafs are loved by their fans, they are HATED by most, if not all, of their non-fans. But this isn't about the Leafs or their annoying disillusioned fans; its about the Senators and them being "Canada's team" in 2007. It's hard to really call them "Canada's team" when you know the Leafs fans are cheering for the Ducks in spite, and when the Ducks have more Canadian born players or their roster.

Like I previously blogged, it's hard for Oilers fans to pick which team to cheer for; as a Canadian born hockey fan you just can't not watch the SCF even if your team isn't going for it all; do you go with the "Canada's team" angle and cheer for the Senators with that little punk-bitch Comrie, or do you go with the "team that has the most Canadian born players" angle and cheer on the Ducks, even with the whipped (soon to be divorced as rumored) gap-tooth giant Pronger?
Both former Oilers that left in a less than desirable way? Both former Oilers referred to as Oilers fans "Public enemy number 1 and public enemy number 2"? The 'joke' (holy quotation marks Batman!) that went around when Pronger asked for a trade from the Oilers last season; "about the only person happy about this is Mike Comrie, as he will be Oilers fans public enemy number 2 now".
Pick your poison, pick your reasons to cheer for a team or against a team, choose to not cheer for either team if that's what suits you, but as game one showed, its going to be a helluva a series.

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Mike Comrie is maturing into a two-way player.
Wut?!
Are you fucking serious?
For serious. No lie.
Who whadda thunk it?
He also doesn't forget the whole fiasco that ended in him traded from the Oilers to Philadelphia instead of Anaheim.
So he's still a little bitch. :P

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A Canadian team or the Detroit Red Wings have won the Stanley Cup in every year ending in the number 7 since the NHL took full control of Lord Stanley's Cup as their official trophy.
Since it's Ottawa vs Anaheim and not Ottawa vs Detroit, Ottawa has to win to keep the trend going, correct?

Also, the last time a Canadian team won the Stanley Cup was back in 1993 when the Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings. No California team has won the Cup.
So Ottawa REALLY has to win to keep both trends going.

The team that has won game one of the best-of-seven final has gone on to win the series 52 of 67 times or 77.6%, improving to 93% when winning the 1st two games.
Since Ottawa lost game one (FUCK) they better be praying to win game two and be praying even harder that they are in the 22.4% that wins Lord Stanley's Cup after losing game one.
No need to panic. Yet.

PLEASE DON'T BE LIKE THE OILERS AND SHIT THE BED IN GAME TWO.

Thanks Senators. I know you will do us proud.
If not, you'll be added to the list of past Canadian teams that failed to get it done. (Vancouver - 7 games in 1994, Calgary - 7 games in 2004, Edmonton - 7 games in 2006.)
Plus, you will also feel the wrath from Oilers fans for being the team that let Pronger win the Cup. You don't want THAT on your head now do you? DO YOU?!?!?!
Go Senators! Fuck the Leafs.